There are a handful of teams that have the quarterback position settled. The Los Angeles Chargers are one of them because they have Justin Herbert. However, head coach Brandon Staley is in the hot seat considering he hasn’t been able to maximize Herbert’s talent.

The Chargers made the playoffs as a wild card team, but they did so securing a spot with one game to go. No matter what happened in Week 18 against the Denver Broncos, their seeding wasn’t going to change.

Staley decided to play the starters in that game despite there was nothing to play for. The rush of criticism towards the head coach was aimed at his decision mainly since Mike Williams got injured. His absence in the postseason is what he finally addressed.

Mike Williams gets real on missing the postseason

The Jacksonville Jaguars were the opponent in the wild card round. A 27-0 lead was a comforting score to think that Los Angeles didn’t make any mistake the previous week. However, the Jaguars came back to win 31-30.

Williams has been injury-prone his whole career, so a conservative approach is likely needed. The wide receiver picked up a back issue against the Broncos and wasn’t able to face Jacksonville, but he doesn’t hold a grudge over that decision.

“The coach wanted us to play, so that’s what we had to do. That’s what we get paid to do, play football. I was with whatever decision he made. I understood why he wanted us to play. We had a lot of momentum going into that game. He wanted to keep the momentum going. Coach Staley is our leader. We believe in him. We can go with whatever he wants us to do”, Williams said according to Jeff Miller of the Los Angeles Times.

The season went by, and they endured multiple injuries on both sides of the field. So, as disappointing as their regular-season record was, Staley deserved plenty of credit for still getting the team to the playoffs despite all the absences.

However, now that they’ve starred in the third-largest meltdown in NFL playoffs history, fans and analysts are once again asking for Staley to be fired. Even so, Justin Herbert and the players still have faith in him.

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“We believe in coach Staley and the front office 100%. Everyone would be lucky to have a coach like Staley,” Herbert told the Los Angeles Times. “He’s been an incredible leader. He’s got the respect of everyone on our team.”

“He’s genuine,” Herbert added. “He’s himself and we believe in him, and he’s been the same person the past two years. It didn’t go our way this year, but we took a big step forward and we believe in this coaching staff, this team, we’ve got the right pieces, we’ve just got to put them together. We’ve got to execute better.”

That seems to be the sentiment around the locker room. Nonetheless, there’s no excuse for blowing a 27-0 lead, even if the Jacksonville Jaguars made great adjustments and also deserve plenty of credit.

Truth be told, Staley has looked way over his head more often than not. His decision-making has been questionable, to say the least, and he’s got too much talent on that roster to blow a must-win game like this one.